CVE-2012-2806

HIGH

libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sos function in jdmarker.c in libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in the header of a JPEG image.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54480
Not Applicable vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:121
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759802
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49883
Not Applicable third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50753
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/84040
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-13.xml
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/3
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826849

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0476
EPSS Percentile 90.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
d.r.commander/libjpeg-turbo 1.2.0
Published Aug 13, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026